lancinating

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Severe lancinating pains were at short intervals felt by the patient—which came on without any evident cause, and were particularly severe on the least pressure of the swollen part.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

Distention of the abdomen and the area of diffuse resistance increased; sensitiveness to touch appeared to be dulled by the opium; in the ileo-cecal region, however, it was constantly severe and lancinating.

From Appendicitis by Tilden, John Henry

The whole mamma was large and hard, and the seat of lancinating pain.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

The pain being lancinating in character, he stands with the injured foot at rest or constantly moves it back and forth.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Some pain of a lancinating type occurred in the breast at this time.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)